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5 Essential Tips on Making an Indie Film in Your Backyard
Sure, New York and L.A. are super cool places to make a movie, but if you're an indie, no-budget filmmaker, chances are most of your films will be shot right in your hometown. David Beltoft and his...
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Embracing the 'No': 5 Lessons on Fundraising for Your Low Budget Film
It may not be as creatively exciting as setting up shots and hitting record, but fundraising is an integral part of the filmmaking process, and oftentimes it can also be the most stressful and...
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How the Filmmakers Behind Horror Anthology 'Holidays' Use Genre to Thwart...
For the 'Holidays' filmmakers, the key to making great horror lies in flipping tropes on their head to keep audiences on their toes. Last week, I got the chance to sit down with several of the...
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Keys to Comic Book Adaptations: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ & ‘The Walking Dead’
Adapting comic books isn't as simple as turning the panels into live action. Comic books now dominate the multiplexes, and are rapidly filling up SVOD services and basic cable. An easy explanation...
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Win $25,000 and a First Look Distribution Deal for Your Social Genre Film...
The entertainment platform is hunting for social thriller, horror and sci-fi projects for its Communal Nightmares crowdfunding rally. Got a social thriller, horror or sci-fi feature film that needs...
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'Hereditary': How Ari Aster Pushed His Horrifying Film 'As Dark As It Could Go'
Finding a debut feature this strong is scary for all the right reasons. [Editor's Note: This article is spoiler-free.] The horror film is a loaded weapon. In the wrong hands, it can be a farce—a...
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Unlock the Secrets of the Slasher Film With This In-Depth Study
Considering shooting a slasher? Here’s everything you need to know about this cutthroat horror sub-genre. The great wolfcrow has done it again in another comprehensive filmmaking breakdown. This time,...
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How to Write, Direct, and Survive Your First Feature Film
We talk with director A.T. White about what he learned from writing and directing his first feature. Personal inspiration can take you many places, but sometimes it leads to pretty horrific results....
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Infographic Breaks Down Most Popular Movie Genre Combinations
What genres go together the most? What's the mash-up we've never seen but really need? One of the key elements to creating any story is figuring out what genre, or genres, it belongs to. How we...
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Deconstructing the Science Fiction Genre in Movies and TV
The best science fiction movies and TV shows transport us to other worlds and keep our imaginations fresh. It can be hard to keep up with the changing times. There are days where tech moves so fast...
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How Did the Gangster Film Die? (Or Is It Still Breathing?)
I love a great gangster tale. But they're hard to come by in today's Hollywood. I don't know about you, but I love the gangster genre. Crime films helped build the Hollywood we know and love today....
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What Is Utopian Fiction in Film and TV? Definition and Examples
A utopia seems like a great place to live. What could go wrong? As the famous maxim goes, "There are no stories in the village of the happy people." Still, we have seen utopian fiction in film and...
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What the Best Erotic Thriller Movies Teach Us About the Genre
What can the best erotic thrillers teach you about genre and sensuality? Are you a fan of lighting a candle, pouring a glass of wine, dimming the lights, and turning on an adult erotic thriller movie?...
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What Does It Mean to Reinvent a Genre?
Genre filmmaking is always changing. What are the big, original movies that flipped Hollywood on its head the last few years? What about the last few decades? Movies like John Wick, The Matrix,...
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The Great Big Genre-Verse Is Out There
Do you have a favorite genre you want to pursue? I think we can all agree, you should know the kind of thing you're making when you start out, and you should understand similar titles that are in the...
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This 1950s Studio Came Up with Posters First, Then Adapted Movies from Them
Here's a really interesting way to greenlight a movie... What's your ideation process like? For me, I try to come up with a problem and then figure out the characters that populate that world. Then I...
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‘M3GAN’ Writer Akela Cooper Opens Up On Genre Writing And Pitching Horror
Hollywood needs to stop pigeonholing people and start embracing storytellers of all backgrounds. I'm not a horror buff by any means, but I plan on seeing any movie written by Akela Cooper, especially...
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Uncovering the Mysterious World of Film Noir (A Comprehensive Guide)
Get ready to peer through the Venetian blinds. As a film enthusiast, I have always been intrigued by the genre of film noir. Its dark and mysterious themes, coupled with its distinctive visual style,...
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Why Do We Herald '70s Cinema as the Hollywood Heyday?
What's your favorite movie from the decade? The 1970s were a pivotal decade in the history of cinema, marked by a convergence of factors that resulted in a remarkable era of filmmaking. From the rise...
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